How to Use kicker in a Sentence

kicker

noun

• The real kicker came when the chairman announced that he was quitting.
• The kicker had the ball in his hand ready to put it on the tee.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2022
• Dicker is one of the best kickers in the league.
  — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
• But the real kicker comes from the ground up.
  — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 6 Apr. 2026
• Bears kickers have to deal with the wind whipping off the lake.
  — Mark Lazerus, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
• The kicker is that those two streets are only a few blocks apart.
  — Dan O'Brien, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2025
• When will kickers be given their due?
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
• The kicker needs work, but the safety should be a hit if healthy.
  — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
• But the kicker was that her kids said, 'Mom, don't be stupid.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 11 Jan. 2023
• Peel hit the kicker, and sailed into the back of the truck with a thump.
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
• Here’s the kicker, these are good people.
  — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
• Each coach had his kicker boom the ball out of the end zone for a touchback.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2021
• At some point, that will change, and the Colts need a kicker who can make them.
  — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2022
• But the Chiefs’ kicker has not looked the same this season.
  — Scott Chasen, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2025
• The kicker here is that this bonus will cash as soon as the $5 wager is placed.
  — cleveland, 16 Sep. 2022
• There was a bond between the city and its football team’s kicker.
  — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 6 May 2025
• Here’s a look at the Dolphins’ new kicker.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2025
• The kicker made up for it with his go-ahead field goal later in the quarter.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• Since then the Rams have changed their kicker and special teams coach.
  — Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
• The cool-girl pair garners plenty of praise, and the kicker?
  — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
• Back to you, Nimmo, for the kicker.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026
• Five games swung with the legs of NFL kickers.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
• The longer-term kicker for investors is its services.
  — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 22 June 2026
• The kicker is my issue with special teams.
  — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
• At the same time, hitting 85-mile-an-hour short kickers.
  — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
• The story’s kicker is a real gut-punch.
  — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 20 May 2026
• Perhaps one change that will be made is at kicker, though that switch seems far from certain.
  — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
• Practice squad kicker Jake Moody is on call.
  — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• That left kicker Chris Boswell with a 60-yard field goal.
  — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
• But housing has been the real kicker.
  — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025